Country-brand flash-combustion stoves are designed to burn smoke free, so most of my customers have gone ten or more years without a cleaning. However, some need cleaning yearly and burn 30% more wood, because... Read more...

Despite high costs & issues with performance & fuel price & availability, pellet stoves are touted as optimal heating appliances. See the true story about pellet and a comparison to modern flash-combustion wood stoves. The Truth About Pellet StovesRead more...

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With the invention of flex pipe, and its price decrease, the pipe now terminates at the top of the chimney, unlike the recent past where the pipe just went through the damper with a damper block off plate... Read more...

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"In your literature and conversations you stress that its best to use seasoned hard wood. But you also say that you can use pine. I simply don't understand how the two statements connect." Read more...

No need to protect the floor with ash. These are not fragile stoves. More ash in the stove means less wood can fit, and less burn duration. See the Flash Combustion Demo page for more tips. Read more...

Wood can't be too dry. Manufacturers of fragile cast iron stoves state this lie. It is in desperation to keep the furnace cement seams and cast iron from cracking, and keep sales up, as well as creating a loop hole to avoid warranty service. Read more...

Even though the liner has been brushed clean of loose soot, it can still hold odors. Another reason to buy all 'seasoned' wood in the spring, so the creosote is burned in the stove instead of collecting in the vent pipe. Read more...